"Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed
to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever,
calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember
that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others
in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable
sharers of the event."

Samuel Adams ("patriot, statesman, brewer"), speech, 1771

ONE

As the soot and dirt and ash rained down,
We became one color.
As we carried each other down the stairs of the burning buildings,
We became one one class.
As we lit candles of waiting and hope,
We became one generation.
As the firefighters and police officers fought their way into the inferno,
We became one faith.
As we whispered or shouted words of encouragement,
We spoke one language.
As we gave our blood in lines a mile long,
We became one body.
As we mourned together the great loss,
We became one family.
As we cried tears of grief and loss,
We became one soul.
As we retell with pride of the sacrifice of heroes,
We became one people.

We are:

One color
One class
One generation
One gender
One faith
One language
One body
One family
One soul
One people